Facebook is spending dough to battle Snapchat on the casual photography front: the company just acquired MSQRD, a face-swapping camera app that has been exploding in popularity among smartphone users.
Okay, so the title was a little click-baity... but it's true. Posting to social media outlets where family members and friends can all admire your work can stifle your creativity and prevent you from getting truly constructive feedback that you can develop from.
A massive thunderstorm over Dubai was recently captured in super slow motion at 1977 frames per second.
The US and EU both have regulations that prevent you from flying your drone above ~500 feet. Someone in the Netherlands decided to ignore the law and fly their camera to 11,000 feet.
A photographer's awareness and quick-thinking helped save the life of a TV news reporter this week. His warning cry allowed the reporter to jump out of the path of a car crash, and it was all caught on camera.
Monogram is a new iOS app by the printing company MOO that lets you design an elegant portfolio of your photos and carry it with you in your pocket.
The Chinese company Venus Optics has announced its new Laowa 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans Focus (STF) lens, which it nicknamed "The Bokeh Dreamer."
A long-time Los Angeles Times photographer was arrested on the side of a road yesterday while transmitting photos he shot of former First Lady Nancy Reagan's funeral motorcade.
Canon today announced its latest entry-level DSLR, the Rebel T6 (known as the EOS 1300D in other countries). If you're looking for a groundbreaking new camera, unfortunately the T6 isn't what you're hoping for.
If all journeys are teachers, it may well be that a journey to India is the greatest teacher of all. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God," and it was in search of a new dance that I purchased a one-way ticket on the longest train in India.
My name is Dirk Hardy. I'm a 27-year-old Dutch photographer currently based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. For the past eighteen months, I worked on a personal project called Void. After having lived and worked in New York City for six months a few years back, I developed an obsession for the elevator.
Want to remove noise in a high ISO photo while preserving the details and textures in your shot? Here's a simple photography and Photoshop technique that lets you easily do that.
If Darth Vader and Chewbacca camera bags are more than you need, you can now get a simple Chewbacca camera strap.
Always be careful when doing a photo shoot on the edge of the ocean. This 20-second video shows what can happen in the blink of an eye.
You never know when a good photo opportunity will present itself to you. Always be prepared.
Here's a major deal alert: Lexar 2933x XQD memory cards are currently selling for 50% off right now.
Los Angeles-based photographer David Zaitz created a series of humorous concept photos that can be described as "visual jokes."
As many of you have noticed, we had a few hours of downtime this morning. We made some changes that didn't sit well with the server. Things seem to be stabilizing now. Sorry about that.
If you're looking for videos to watch to quench your thirst for photography, YouTube has a great selection. If you've never really poked around before, we've put together a list of 13 channels you should follow.
Flickr announced today that its desktop Auto-Uploadr photo uploading app is now a Pro-only feature that can only be used by paying members.
"Site Specific Cameras" is a fascinating project by photographers David Janesko and Adam Donnelly. To shoot landscape photos, the duo creates large cameras out of materials found in those landscapes.
When shooting with your pricey camera drone, beware of... flying jet skis. That's probably not a warning you've ever heard before, but check out what happens in this video.
Google is seeing a huge boom in the number of takedown requests it receives from copyright owners wishing to get infringing webpages removed from the search engine. There were 76 million requests last month -- double compared to a year ago.
The upcoming iPhone 7 is rumored to feature Apple's first dual-rear-camera system. If you want to see what using those dual cameras might be like, check out the 3-minute concept video above.
iOS and Android smartphones aren't the only devices in the world of Instagram anymore. Today Instagram finally launched its beta app for Windows 10 Mobile smartphones, expanding its reach in mobile photo sharing.
Here's a simple tip that could come in handy: put a metal washer on your keychain for the purpose of tightening your tripod quick release plate.
ONA today announced the Leather Clifton, a handcrafted leather camera backpack that's the company's first to feature removable inserts.
Renowned American photographer Gary Braasch died yesterday while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. He was 70.
"Talks at Google" is a program in which notable people in various industries are brought to Google to talk about their work. Over the years, a large number of notable photographers have participated to share their stories and images.
Sony today announced that it's planning to launch a new wireless lighting control system for professional Sony shooters.
For his project titled "Always Look Up," Hong Kong-based photographer Andy Yeung visited particular tall buildings around the world and pointed his camera straight up at the sky.
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Profoto today announced a reboot of its classic Beauty Dish from the 1980s. The new version of this classic tool is both lightweight and collapsible.
Sony today announced the HX80, a new compact camera with a 30x zoom lens and a built-in retractable electronic viewfinder.
When the darkest material on Earth was announced back in 2014, photographers suggested that it could be used for everything from the ultimate non-reflective black backdrop to an art gallery in which the photos "pop." Well, that darkest material just got even darker.
The camera gear retail giant B&H is working to defend itself this month after the US government filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company -- allegations B&H calls "inaccurate" and "bizarre." In an effort to clear its name, B&H is offering the public a glimpse inside its NYC warehouses.
The winning photos have just been announced for the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016 contest. The grand prize was awarded to Italian photographer Davide Lopresti for his image "Gold," a portrait of a spiny seahorse.
Mickey H. Osterreicher is a lawyer who has served as General Counsel of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) since 2006. We had a chat with Osterreicher about his life and the state of photographers' rights.
"Once Upon a Dane" is an ongoing photo project that documents the "life and tales" of a Great Dane named Apollo.
What do you do when you find a good location to photograph, but the time of day isn't right due to strong sunlight and harsh shadows? That's the subject of this 12-minute tutorial by photographer Mike Browne.
Episode 53 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Here's a beautiful 2-minute video by Great Big Story in which photographer Anuar Patjane talks about what it's like to swim with and photograph whales in the ocean.
Hong Kong is a densely populated city where high-rises are crammed close together and where an estimated 100,000+ people live in 40-square-foot cubicle apartments. Photographer Andy Yeung used a drone to capture this density for his project Urban Jungle.
Wondering where Canon is headed with its most basic entry-level DSLR? Wonder no more: photos and specs of the soon-to-be-announced Canon Rebel T6 (AKA 1300D) have leaked.
My name is Sasha Leahovcenco, and I'm a photographer based in Los Angeles. Last year, my friend (and project producer) Cale Glendening and I traveled to Mongolia to meet an eagle hunter and spend a week documenting his story.
It looks like the future is going to be full of scary-looking weapons that are designed to take down rogue drones. The latest one: a shoulder-mounted anti-drone bazooka.
I personally own the Fujifilm X-T10, but I became curious recently: is the new X-Pro2 worth the upgrade, or is the X-T1 enough of an upgrade from the X-T10?
VSCO has launched a new project called VSCO Academy, a bi-weekly series of free video tutorials on the ins and outs of photography.
If you're just starting out in photography and photo editing, you may be confused about that strange chart on your camera and in your software called the histogram. Here's a simple 60-second explanation to kick start your understanding of how to interpret them.
Brandon and Brian Wright, better known as The Brothers Wright, are the identical twins behind the craft film company CineStill Film.
